THE BODY AS ARCHIVE
Documentary | DE/BE/NL/GB 2016 | 49′ | English OV with French, German, Turkish, Japanese, Greek subtitles
The Body as Archive is a documentary film based on research that considers ways in which the dancer’s body can be regarded as archive. Dancers create, accumulate and carry knowledge - where is it stored and what do they explore through their practice? How do cultural and social contexts reflect in the body of a dancer? The Body as Archive explores the role of dancer in the preservation of collective knowledge, it’s transmission and it’s accessibility.
Direction Michael Maurissens
Script Michael Maurissens and Darko Dragičević
First Assistant Director: Darko Dragičević
Direction of Photography/Editing: Alexander Basile
Music composition Gregor Schwellenbach
Production CARRÉ BLANC Productions
With the participation of Prof. Dr. Maaike Bleeker I Allison Brown I Prof. Patrick Haggard I Fabrice Mazliah, Jone San Martin I Michael Schumacher I Prof. Dr. Gerald Siegmund I Prof. Wolf Singer I Dr. Ing. Michael Steinbusch I Thomas Thorausch and Ildikó Tóth I students of Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London I Institute for Applied Theatre Studies/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels
Funded by TANZFONDS ERBE – Eine Initiative der Kulturstiftung des Bundes I Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Supported by Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln I Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London IInstitut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt am Main I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels I The Forsythe Company | Technische Universität, Dresden I Zentrum für Austausch und Innovation Köln
Awards Best documentary Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards
Official selections Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards, San Fransisco Dance Film festival, InScience Festival Nijmegen, Light Moves, Festival Limerick, Krakow Film Festival, CINEDANS Amsterdam, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania, Athens Video Dance Project, SinemaDans Goethe Institut Ankara, Theater Freiburg, InShadow Festival Lisbon, ZAIK/Orangerie – Theater im Volksgarten Cologne, Film-Art-Dance Festival Cary Theatre North Carolina, Hollins University/Künstlerhaus, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Korzo Theater The Hague, tanzhaus nrw Duesseldorf, Goethe Institut Villa Kamogawa Kyoto, Folkwang, Universitaet der Künste Essen, COFESTIVAL Ljubljana, Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln
THE BODY AS ARCHIVE
Documentary | DE/BE/NL/GB 2016 | 49′ | English OV with French, German, Turkish, Japanese, Greek subtitles
The Body as Archive is a documentary film based on research that considers ways in which the dancer’s body can be regarded as archive. Dancers create, accumulate and carry knowledge - where is it stored and what do they explore through their practice? How do cultural and social contexts reflect in the body of a dancer? The Body as Archive explores the role of dancer in the preservation of collective knowledge, it’s transmission and it’s accessibility.
Direction Michael Maurissens
Script Michael Maurissens and Darko Dragičević
First Assistant Director: Darko Dragičević
Direction of Photography/Editing: Alexander Basile
Music composition Gregor Schwellenbach
Production CARRÉ BLANC Productions
With the participation of Prof. Dr. Maaike Bleeker I Allison Brown I Prof. Patrick Haggard I Fabrice Mazliah, Jone San Martin I Michael Schumacher I Prof. Dr. Gerald Siegmund I Prof. Wolf Singer I Dr. Ing. Michael Steinbusch I Thomas Thorausch and Ildikó Tóth I students of Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London I Institute for Applied Theatre Studies/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels
Funded by TANZFONDS ERBE – Eine Initiative der Kulturstiftung des Bundes I Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Supported by Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln I Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London IInstitut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt am Main I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels I The Forsythe Company | Technische Universität, Dresden I Zentrum für Austausch und Innovation Köln